linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: fix GETTIMEOUT ioctl in booke

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:34:47 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Dmitry Artamonow <mad_soft@...ox.ru>
CC:	<linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: fix GETTIMEOUT ioctl in booke_wdt

Dmitry Artamonow wrote:
> Commit dcfb748422 ([WATCHDOG] fix book E watchdog to take
> WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT arg in seconds) fixed SETTIMEOUT ioctl
> to use seconds as a parameter instead of some hardware-specific
> "period", but missed to apply similar changes to GETTIMEOUT,
> so it still returns "period" value. Let's fix it!
> Also, while at it, make SETTIMEOUT ioctl return real timeout
> value as it should do according to the documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Artamonow <mad_soft@...ox.ru>
> ---

Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>

I don't have an easy way to test the watchdog ioctls.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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